2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	11 December (heats and semifinals) 12 December (final)
Competitors:	48
Nations:	41
Win Value:	49.23
Gold:	Ryan Murphy
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Xu Jiayu
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Kliment Kolesnikov
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 and 12 December 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record			48.88		11 November 2018
Championship record			48.95		19 December 2010

The heats were started on 11 December at 10:52.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	49.57	Q, SA
2	4	8	49.72	Q
3	4	4	49.83	Q
4	3	0	50.12	Q
5	4	3	50.22	Q
6	4	5	50.27	Q
7	3	3	50.28	Q
8	5	5	50.62	Q
9	3	5	50.73	Q
9	5	6	50.73	Q
11	5	4	50.76	Q
12	4	6	50.92	Q
13	3	6	50.94	Q
14	3	1	51.09	Q
15	5	3	51.16	Q
16	2	4	51.30	Q
17	4	1	51.48	NR
18	4	7	51.59
19	5	2	51.60
20	3	8	51.61
21	5	7	51.82
22	2	3	51.87
23	4	2	51.88
24	3	9	52.04
25	3	7	52.05
26	3	2	52.28
27	5	8	52.34
28	5	1	52.36
29	2	2	52.48
30	5	0	52.60
31	5	9	52.79
32	4	0	53.02
33	4	9	53.81
34	1	8	54.29
35	2	7	54.79
36	1	1	54.92
37	2	5	55.02
38	2	6	55.07
39	2	9	55.87	NR
40	2	0	56.09
41	1	4	56.78
42	1	7	59.02
43	1	5	59.41
44	1	3	59.68
45	1	2
46	1	6
47	1	0
	2	8

The semifinals were started on 11 December at 19:17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	5	49.21	Q
2	2	4	49.45	Q, SA
3	1	4	49.52	Q
4	2	7	49.62	Q
5	1	5	49.97	Q
6	2	3	49.98	Q, NR
7	2	6	50.04	Q
8	1	3	50.12	Q
9	1	6	50.21
10	2	8	50.32
11	2	2	50.43
12	1	2	50.45
13	2	1	50.83
14	1	7	50.91
15	1	8	50.96
16	1	1	51.20

The final was held on 12 December at 19:08.^[4]